texaskitty111 said:This is my opinion about tomatoes so far:
Kelloggs breakfast- biggest, delicious, pest and split free, meatiest, and very few per bush.
Big new dwarf - very good taste, slow to ripen, few tomatoes, unusual pinkish color, seem pest resistant.
Current plans for next year, I plan to plant 2 tigerellas. And 38 kellogs breakfast.
MY opinion about my tomato varieties, so far:
Kelloggs' Breakfast - biggest, most delicious, pest and split free, meatiest, and very few per bush.
Pruden's Purple - bigger than Kelloggs' Breakfast, most delicious, very pest and split free, meatiest, fair number per bush (I probably would have gotten more if not for all the rain...)
Sweet Ozark Orange - huge, very pest and split free, meaty. Nice flavor, but Kellogg's Breakfast has a sweeter flavor, which I prefer. SOO has a sort of middle-of-the-road flavor...I'm gonna give it another shot in the fall. Wondering if the rain washed out a lot of the flavor...
Sioux - still a favorite. Medium red, good all-around salad and slicing tomato. The Stink Bug nymphs congregated on these more than any other tomatoes growing...(they preferred the Azoychka when I grew those, too...). Also, my Sioux suffered an early decline of the vines to some sort of blight, attributed to all the rain. They seem to prefer heat more than rain....
Momotoro - not a good crop this year, and I totally attribute it to all the rain. The vine suffered an early blight of some sort, probably due to all the moisture...
Black Cherry - PROLIFIC!!! However, I am NOT fond of the tough skins on those large marble sized tomatoes. They were a bird and bug magnet, too... These are not for me...
New Big Dwarf (NBD) "Wild Fred" -- These took on a new character after all the rain stopped. The flavor definitely improved, and the deep burgundy-purple fruits cranked up in yield and flavor. Unfortunately, some of the vines bent under the weight of the fruits, and were damaged beyond repair, choking off nutrients to the fruits.
NOTE TO SELF: Put the dwarfs on a line next time, LOL!!!
I may give this another chance next spring, however, I will be exploring other NBD flavors. It certainly is a beautiful plant, for a beautiful (deep) container. I would recommend a depth of at least 16-20" for any dwarf tomato container. I pulled a vine with a very identifiable taproot that was at least 14" long...
New Big Dwarf, "WILD FRED" Taproot at 14"
